ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT ABDULQUADRI OLORUNMIFE BALOGUN, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Lagos State University Ikeja | Ikeja, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" Being a part of Millennium Fellow will enhance the following qualities such as teamwork, leadership and public speaking. More importantly, I'm excited to have members with similar mindset, who are ready to create a positive impact. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Project Red Hope
Project Red Hope is a collective initiative of the LASUCOM Millennium Fellows, designed to address the challenge of blood shortage in Nigeria and to promote the culture of voluntary blood donation among individuals.
To achieve its objectives, Project Red Hope was executed in two major phases:
Phase 1 – Online Awareness Webinar:
We organized a virtual sensitization program during which a haematology specialist and the executive Secretary of the blood transfusion service in our state was invited to discuss the realities of blood scarcity in Nigeria, its consequences, and the vital role of consistent blood donation. The webinar also highlighted myths and misconceptions surrounding blood donation while encouraging participants to become regular voluntary donors.
Phase 2 – Blood Donation Drive:
Following the awareness phase, we organized a blood donation exercise in collaboration with the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service during which we were able to collect 88 pints of blood from student and staff of the college.
About the Millennium Fellow
Balogun Abdulquadri is a smart, young and ambitious medical student in Lagos State University, Ikeja. He was born in Onipanu and has been living at Onipanu, Lagos state till date. For as long as he could remember, he has always been passionate about his advocacy for healthcare and education for all in his community. This drive has made him volunteer for different roles in his college community; from medical outreaches, to giving speeches and inspiring students in secondary school, to organizing a pad-a-girl drive in his association, to raising funds for a first aid training in college. Abdulquadri aspires to be an outstanding leader by impacting his community positively. He envisions to be in a professional field where he can cultivate this advocacies further, and provide his own contribution in the development of United Nations' sustainable goals and to the world at large.
